UFC 213 Prelims are the lowest this year

The feature fight for the Prelims was Travis Browne taking on Oleksiy Olynik with the Russian winning via rear naked choke. Per Nielsen it drew 0.24 in the A18-49 demo.

The post-fight show 1:12am-2:12am ET on FS1 drew 206,000 viewers while the pre-fight show 4pm-5pm ET scored 219,000.

Payout Perspective:

The ratings are ominous for an event that usually draws well. The last two Prelims for International Fight Week drew 1.7 million (UFC 200) and 847,000 (UFC 189) respectively. UFC 200 drew over 1 million

[…] MMA Payout notes that this is the least-viewed PPV prelims of 2017. They also remark that International Fight Week PPV prelims generally do very good TV ratings for the UFC. It’s a shame, because this past Saturday’s prelims had four really good fights on it, resulting in three finishes. […]